Matching Supply with Demand and Contemporary Strategy Analysis

Matching Supply with Demand: An Introduction to Operations Management

Author: Gerard Cachon

The most authoritative, cutting-edge book for operations management and supply chain management. The book demands rigorous analysis on the part of students. When the use of quantitative tools or formal modeling is indicated, it is only to perform the necessary analysis needed to inform and support a practical business solution.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1 Introduction 1

Ch. 2 The Process View of the Organization 10

Ch. 3 Understanding the Supply Process: Evaluating Process Capacity 32

Ch. 4 Estimating and Reducing Labor Costs 56

Ch. 5 The Link between Operations and Finance 80

Ch. 6 Batching and Other Flow Interruptions: Setup Times and the Economic Order Quantity Model 97

Ch. 7 Variability and Its Impact on Process Performance: Waiting Time Problems 124

Ch. 8 The Impact of Variability on Process Performance: Throughput Losses 163

Ch. 9 Quality Management, Statistical Process Control, and Six-Sigma Capability 178

Ch. 10 Lean Operations and the Toyota Production System 202

Ch. 11 Betting on Uncertain Demand: The Newsvendor Model 220

Ch. 12 Assemble-to-Order, Make-to-Order, and Quick Response with Reactive Capacity 256

Ch. 13 Service Levels and Lead Times in Supply Chains: The Order-up-to Inventory Model 283

Ch. 14 Risk-Pooling Strategies to Reduce and Hedge Uncertainty 321

Ch. 15 Revenue Management with Capacity Controls 357

Ch. 16 Supply Chain Coordination 377

App. A Statistics Tutorial 406

App. B Tables 415

App. C Evaluation of the Loss Function 427

App. D Equations and Approximations 430

App. E Solutions to Selected Practice Problems 437

Glossary 462

References 471

Index of Key "How to" Exhibits 474

Summary of Key Notation and Equations 475

Index 479

Contemporary Strategy Analysis

Author: Robert M Grant

The pre-eminent strategy text in the field on both sides of the Atlantic has been significantly updated and revised in its latest edition. Introducing students, especially MBA candidates, to the core concepts and principles of strategy, the text combines a rigorous approach to business strategy analysis with lively examples of current practice.

• Now includes thorough coverage of internet-based strategies, fresh examples of resource-based competitive advantage, additional case illustrations in every chapter, and new self-study questions
  
• Features a new two-colour design throughout with high-spec artwork
  
• Introduces students to the core concepts and principles of strategy, and offers them the tools they need to formulate and implement these
  
• Combines Grant’s renowned rigorous approach to business strategy analysis with lively examples of current practice
  
• Supported by a range of online resources, including a guide for instr uctors and downloadable PowerPoint slides for students, available at blackwellpublishing.com/grant

Table of Contents:

1	The concept of strategy	3
2	Goals, values, and performance	37
3	Industry analysis : the fundamentals	66
4	Further topics in industry and competitive analysis	100
5	Analyzing resources and capabilities	130
6	Organization structure and management systems	186
7	The nature and sources of competitive advantage	223
8	Cost advantage	248
9	Differentiation advantage	271
10	Industry evolution	299
11	Technology-based industries and the management of innovation	328
12	Competitive advantage in mature industries	364
13	Vertical integration and the scope of the firm	387
14	Global strategies and the multinational corporation	409
15	Diversification strategy	444
16	Managing the multibusiness corporation	4 70
17	Current trends in strategic management	505